2014–15 SMU Mustangs men's basketball team

2014–15 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
	† The American Tournament winner; Rankings from AP Poll

SMU Mustangs men's basketball
2014–15 SMU Mustangs men's basketball
American Athletic regular season & tournament champions
NCAA Tournament, Round of 64
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Ranking
AP	#18
2014–15 record	27–7 (15–3 The American)
Head coach	Larry Brown (3rd year)
Assistant coach	Tim Jankovich
Assistant coach	Ulric Maligi
Assistant coach	K.T. Turner
Home arena	Moody Coliseum
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The 2014–15 SMU Mustangs men's basketball team represented Southern Methodist University (SMU) during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mustangs, led by third year head coach Larry Brown, played their home games on their campus in University Park, Texas at Moody Coliseum. They were members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 27–7, 15–3 in AAC play to win the America Athletic regular season championship. They defeated East Carolina, Temple, and Connecticut to become champions of the America Athletic Tournament. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost on a controversial goaltending call in the second round to UCLA.^[1]

Off-season

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Shawne Williams	2	G	6'7"	230	RS Senior	Duncanville, Texas	Graduation
Nick Russell	12	G	6'4"	210	RS Senior	Duncanville, Texas	Graduation
Jalen Jones	21	G	6'7"	220	Senior	Dallas, Texas	Elected to transfer to Texas A&M.

2014 recruiting class

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Emmanuel Mudiay in the 2014 McDonald's All-American Boys Game

During the 2014 recruiting season, SMU gained a commitment from Emmanuel Mudiay, a five-star point guard from Dallas. However, he would instead sign a one-year contract reportedly worth $1.2 million to play with the Guangdong Southern Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association. While Mudiay's family indicated the signing was financially motivated, news reports indicated that he was unlikely to be approved for play by the NCAA's eligibility clearinghouse.^[2] His NCAA eligibility difficulties stemmed largely from his two years at Prime Prep Academy in Arlington, Texas—a school that has never had any of its academic courses approved by the NCAA to establish a player's eligibility.^[3]

Roster

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2014–15 SMU Mustangs men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	High school/previous college	Home town
F	00	Ben Moore	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	Bolingbrook HS	Bolingbrook, Illinois
G	1	Ryan Manuel	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Fort Bend Austin HS	Houston, Texas
C	2	Yanick Moreira	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Sr	South Plains College	Luanda, Angola
G	3	Sterling Brown	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	Proviso East HS	Maywood, Illinois
G	4	Keith Frazier	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	Kimball HS	Dallas, Texas
F	5	Markus Kennedy	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	RS Jr	Brewster Academy	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
G	10	Kevin Dunleavy	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sr	Delbarton School	New Providence, New Jersey
G	11	Nic Moore	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	RS Jr	Warsaw Community HS	Winona Lake, Indiana
G	13	Crandall Head	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	RS Sr	Rich South HS	Matteson, Illinois
C	15	Cannen Cunnigham	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Sr	Lamar HS	Arlington, Texas

Head coach

Larry Brown

Assistant coach(es)

Tim Jankovich
Ulric Maligi
K.T. Turner

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 01/28/2015

Schedule and results

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Non-conference regular season^[4]
11/14/2014* 8:30 PM, ESPN3	#22	Lamar	W 93–54	1–0	Moody Coliseum (6,971) Dallas, TX
11/17/2014* 10:00 PM, ESPN2	#22	at #13 Gonzaga ESPN College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon	L 56–72	1–1	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
11/20/2014* 7:00 PM, BTN	#22	at Indiana	L 68–74	1–2	Assembly Hall (17,472) Bloomington, IN
11/22/2014* 6:00 PM, ESPN3	#22	Eastern Washington	W 77–68	2–2	Moody Coliseum (6,852) Dallas, TX
11/25/2014* 6:30 PM, ESPNews		#25 Arkansas	L 72–78	2–3	Moody Coliseum (7,086) Dallas, TX
11/26/2014* 7:00 PM, ESPN3		Texas Southern	W 72–59	3–3	Moody Coliseum (6,852) Dallas, TX
11/30/2014* 6:00 PM, ESPN3		Monmouth	W 63–51	4–3	Moody Coliseum (6,852) Dallas, TX
12/05/2014* 6:00 PM, ESPNews		Wyoming	W 66–53	5–3	Moody Coliseum (6,852) Dallas, TX
12/08/2014* 7:00 PM, CBSSN		UC Santa Barbara	W 80–73 ^OT	6–3	Moody Coliseum (6,852) Dallas, TX
12/17/2014* 7:00 PM, CBSSN		UIC	W 67–46	7–3	Moody Coliseum (6,852) Dallas, TX
12/20/2014* 11:00 AM, ESPN2		at Michigan	W 62–51	8–3	Crisler Center (12,221) Ann Arbor, MI
12/29/2014* 7:00 PM, ESPN3		Midwestern State	W 70–61	9–3	Moody Coliseum (6,589) Dallas, TX
Conference regular season
12/31/2014 4:00 PM, ESPN2		South Florida	W 83–49	10–3 (1–0)	Moody Coliseum (6,624) Dallas, TX
01/03/2015 10:00 AM, ESPN2		at Cincinnati	L 50–56	10–4 (1–1)	Fifth Third Arena (10,013) Cincinnati, OH
01/08/2015 8:00 PM, ESPN2		Memphis	W 73–59	11–4 (2–1)	Moody Coliseum (6,807) Dallas, TX
01/11/2015 1:00 PM, CBSSN		at UCF	W 70–61	12–4 (3–1)	CFE Arena (3,664) Orlando, FL
01/14/2015 6:00 PM, CBSSN		at Temple	W 60–55	13–4 (4–1)	Liacouras Center (7,695) Philadelphia, PA
01/17/2015 3:00 PM, CBSSN		East Carolina	W 77–54	14–4 (5–1)	Moody Coliseum (7,001) Dallas, TX
01/21/2015 8:00 PM, CBSSN		at Tulane	W 66–52	15–4 (6–1)	Devlin Fieldhouse (3,115) New Orleans, LA
01/24/2015 5:00 PM, CBSSN		Houston	W 80–59	16–4 (7–1)	Moody Coliseum (7,094) Dallas, TX
01/28/2015 6:00 PM, ESPNU		at South Florida	W 63–52	17–4 (8–1)	USF Sun Dome (3,589) Tampa, FL
01/31/2015 7:00 PM, ESPNU		UCF	W 75–56	18–4 (9–1)	Moody Coliseum (7,043) Dallas, TX
02/05/2015 8:00 PM, ESPN	#23	Cincinnati	L 54–62	18–5 (9–2)	Moody Coliseum (7,098) Dallas, TX
02/07/2015 7:00 PM, ESPNU	#23	at Tulsa	W 68–57	19–5 (10–2)	Reynolds Center (7,677) Tulsa, OK
02/12/2015 8:00 PM, ESPNU	#25	at Houston	W 75–69	20–5 (11–2)	Hofheinz Pavilion (3,315) Houston, TX
02/14/2015 8:00 PM, ESPN	#25	Connecticut	W 73–55	21–5 (12–2)	Moody Coliseum (7,395) Dallas, TX
02/19/2015 6:00 PM, ESPN2	#21	Temple	W 67–58	22–5 (13–2)	Moody Coliseum (6,852) Dallas, TX
02/26/2015 8:00 PM, ESPN2	#21	at Memphis	W 66–57 ^OT	23–5 (14–2)	FedEx Forum (14,523) Memphis, TN
03/01/2015 1:00 PM, CBS	#21	at Connecticut	L 73–81	23–6 (14–3)	XL Center (15,564) Hartford, CT
03/08/2015 2:00 PM, ESPNU	#22	at Tulsa	W 67–62	24–6 (15–3)	Moody Coliseum (7,314) Dallas, TX
American Athletic Conference Tournament
03/13/2015 11:00 AM, ESPN2	#20	vs. East Carolina Quarterfinals	W 74–68	25–6	XL Center (N/A) Hartford, CT
03/14/2015 2:00 PM, ESPN2	#20	vs. Temple Semifinals	W 69–56	26–6	XL Center (10,114) Hartford, CT
03/15/2015 2:15 PM, ESPN	#20	vs. Connecticut Championship game	W 62–54	27–6	XL Center (13,365) Hartford, CT
NCAA Tournament
03/19/2015* 2:10 PM, truTV	#18 (6 S)	vs. (11 S) UCLA Second round	L 59–60	27–7	KFC Yum! Center (N/A) Louisville, KY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region S=South.

Rankings

Ranking movement
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. (RV) Received votes but unranked. (NR) Not ranked.
Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Post	Final
AP^[5]	22	22	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	23	25	21	21	22	20	18	N/A
Coaches^[5]	22	23	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	23	25	21	21	22	21	19	RV

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2014–15 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#18 SMU †	15	–	3	.833	27	–	7	.794
Tulsa	14	–	4	.778	23	–	11	.676
Temple	13	–	5	.722	26	–	11	.703
Cincinnati	13	–	5	.722	23	–	11	.676
Connecticut	10	–	8	.556	20	–	15	.571
Memphis	10	–	8	.556	18	–	14	.563
Tulane	6	–	12	.333	15	–	16	.484
East Carolina	6	–	12	.333	14	–	19	.424
UCF	5	–	13	.278	12	–	18	.400
Houston	4	–	14	.222	13	–	19	.406
South Florida	3	–	15	.167	9	–	23	.281

† The American Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll